Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-01-07

1t seemed in those days o. long Jour
ney to an almost unknown land, but
her father thought e. few months in a
STANCE country would tame his self
Wllled daughter, and that before win
ter he would Join her, visit his beloved
brother, and another year would find
Rose willing to return and comply
| with his wishes. y - "a. Et52 s.g.
OF course we could not know how
Rose bore the announcement of her
exile, nor did we know till long after,
that she contrived to write her lover
q sorrowful letter of farewell, telling
him her destination, and the cruel
sentence OF punishment she was willing
to bear for his sake. i.
need hardly say that all the young
folks sympathized with Rose, and
many Of the girls longed to makesker
acquaintance, and learn from her own
lips the story other unfortunate love
affair. 3$. 70 .'ss'
The old people, however, thought
| she merlted a severe punishment for
daring to DEFY her father, and the
| minister even preached asermon soon
after her arrival, in which g. stern re-
buke was administered to those who
failed to Honor their, fathers and
mothers" .S@s :..y +
! Rose was equally unmoved by the
admonitions Of the minister, or even
the looks OF sympathy that were Civ
en- her by the young folks. (. 5,.s,,..:.
The Squire did all in his power to
make the visit agreeable, even relax
ing his habitual reserve and inviting
all the young people in the neighbor-
| hood to his house to be introduced
to his niece. ;151 ls E.554a isl. Isl , ,H5=T :
+ Although Rose was very sweet and
gracious to all her guests, no one be-
came at all familiar with her, and f.
! nally allattempts at intimacy ceased,
land she was left. to- the companion
|:ship OF her uncle and her old nurse.
She spent q great part Of her time
on the beach reading, or stretched up
Ion the sane, her head on her nurses
lap, conversing with her III low tones,
OF dreaming day dreams Of her home
and her lover. h FIJI. N: ss ]. 7
In the summer evenings the hard
sand was the romenade Of the village,
| Rose walked apart from all the rest,
| with her eyes fixed on the sea, it's rip
\ ping waves gilt BY the moonbeams,
Ihearitlg perhaps in the breakers that
dashed upon the distant rocks, a mes
sage from other lands. ss , N
| Bntactive preparations for war soon,
banished all minor topics. The
I young men We're getting ready to join
their ships; priv ateers were being fitted
out, and the whole country was Wild
with excitement. f.<.t4, nv T, @%=G...T
Our village became almost deserted.
Every vessel OF any size was manned
land equipped wiuh Il guns and
! ammunition, and sent out to:
meet the enemy, and all the poor
wives and mothers could do was to
watch and wait at home. News trav-
elled slowly in those days, and tidings
of defeat or victory seemed long in
coming. #:Gs2 = - .ss5- 55a :
| Often we climbed the hill and from
the church tower scanned the horizon
| for q glimpse Of some man of war, for
we lived in constant fear that our
town, like many others on the coast,
might be invaded by the enemy. But
though we often saw large ships pass
ing, and, once heard the sound OF dis
tant cannonading, we were left in
peace. r. *-~
| And so the summer passed; it's
weary weeks OF watching and
anxiety wore away; the line storm
| visited us With all it's fury,
and then came the mild and sunny In
dian summer, the days OF soft delight,
when all nature seems in a dreamy,
! quiet mood giving us q gentle smile,
before old winter, with raging elements.
comes to bind her with his icy letters.
/. About the middle OF October a
watcher on the hill saw a man of-war
heading for our harbor. He gazed
with almost hreathless anxiety until
with his glass he described the English
i flag at her mast Then he rushed down
4 the steep road into che main street
/ shouting: II. -. IA e. - *@t If
1.-THE British are oming saveyour-
Iselves!'' :. #s .'%=I /
4 AL at once was noise and confus.
ion. The men left their work. the
i women forsook their spinning wheels,
and all ran to the beach or to the
I Wharves. ..5: s 4. u 3f..s -. :S%5
as es, it was true; she had anchored
Il outside the harbor, and too large to
enter herself, We could see a large boat
4 just leaving her filed with men, who
would probably land and plumber, per-
i haps burn our village Resistance
was useless, for the ship could easily
i shell the whole town, lying as she did
q at the mouth of the harbor, but little
d more than q mile away. s5 *sss
1t had been planned long before that
81 in case Of invasion, the people should
i take their valuables and flee to the
woods. BIZ .3 t..5$ :.#. &. 81
So as quickly as possible the
large hay-carts were brought out,
the best feather beds were hasti-
4 II thrown into them, the tall
II clocks were placed on top, as many
& women and chill ren as could be were
Il piled in, each carrying q pillow-case
IcontainingS some valnables, the horses
q Were whipped into q RalIop and the
recession started heller SHELTER for
a the woods.
The servants OF Squire Cushndan
Il shared the general alarm. and as the
sqaire was away from home, they,
too, prepared for flight, and urged The
\ housekeeper to pack M Che silver. and
il aking Mss Rose and Her nurse TO
y hasten tx = plaza az safety With them.
II But When she won't ia the youngl ady's
chanbe she found slasf VA chinQ the
mco min bon Iith eager eyes and
5lsne 6rrnly usei 10 leeVe the ftQnse.s
hey 3 moi en1ies 10 II iaSe
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